About 8 months ago i moved into a townhouse. The landlord kept saying he would get me a lease to sign, but that never happened and i never brought it up.

Now i plan on moving May first. About a week ago i told my landlord the plan, he mentioned id be responsible for mays rent, as expected. In dc, housing is very limited and i figured i would easily be able to sublease the month of may. Now, my roomates are giving me a.hard time saying they dont want to do a one month sublease. The lease states "sublet may not be assigned without prior written consent of the lessor." does this mean that if the landlord agrees, i can find a subletter regardless of what the current roomates want?

Also, is the 30 day notice rule pending the day you tell the landlord, or the first full month. For example if i told him april 15, am i responsible through may 15? Or, am i still responsible for all of may? Not that id consider doing this, but since.i never even signed a lease could i just wall away and not pay for may?

If you didn't sign a lease you can leave whenever you want and not owe a dime for any time you didn't live there. Heck, you could leave at any time and not owe a dime for time you DID live there. That's the law in MD. It may be different in DC.

PensFanInDC wrote:If you didn't sign a lease you can leave whenever you want and not owe a dime for any time you didn't live there. Heck, you could leave at any time and not owe a dime for time you DID live there. That's the law in MD. It may be different in DC.

PensFanInDC wrote:If you didn't sign a lease you can leave whenever you want and not owe a dime for any time you didn't live there. Heck, you could leave at any time and not owe a dime for time you DID live there. That's the law in MD. It may be different in DC.

PensFanInDC wrote:If you didn't sign a lease you can leave whenever you want and not owe a dime for any time you didn't live there. Heck, you could leave at any time and not owe a dime for time you DID live there. That's the law in MD. It may be different in DC.

I doubt that that is the law anywhere.

A lack of a law is considered law yes? I didn't sign a lease for a home I rented 6 years ago. I wanted to leave but the landlord wanted to screw me over so I just left. I paid through the current month and I left before that month was over. He tried to take me to court but it was thrown out because no lease was signed.

A lack of a law is considered law yes? I didn't sign a lease for a home I rented 6 years ago. I wanted to leave but the landlord wanted to screw me over so I just left. I paid through the current month and I left before that month was over. He tried to take me to court but it was thrown out because no lease was signed.

I was mainly referring to

PensFanInDC wrote:you could leave at any time and not owe a dime for time you DID live there.

A lack of a law is considered law yes? I didn't sign a lease for a home I rented 6 years ago. I wanted to leave but the landlord wanted to screw me over so I just left. I paid through the current month and I left before that month was over. He tried to take me to court but it was thrown out because no lease was signed.

I was mainly referring to

PensFanInDC wrote:you could leave at any time and not owe a dime for time you DID live there.

which it doesn't sound like is what you did.

Ohhhhhhhhh. That makes sense....

It isn't what I did, but I could have. If there is no lease there is no proof. Now, it's a jagoff thing to do but that isn't what was in question.

A lack of a law is considered law yes? I didn't sign a lease for a home I rented 6 years ago. I wanted to leave but the landlord wanted to screw me over so I just left. I paid through the current month and I left before that month was over. He tried to take me to court but it was thrown out because no lease was signed.

I was mainly referring to

PensFanInDC wrote:you could leave at any time and not owe a dime for time you DID live there.

which it doesn't sound like is what you did.

Ohhhhhhhhh. That makes sense....

It isn't what I did, but I could have. If there is no lease there is no proof. Now, it's a jagoff thing to do but that isn't what was in question.

I don't think that would fly. Generally speaking, the lack of a written contract is not going to allow one party to receive for free something that one would typically expect to pay for (be it a place to live or services or whatever).

If you come build a porch on my house but we never sign a contract, as long as I know you are building the porch and don't tell you to stop, I generally cannot let you finish the porch and then say, "Sorry, no money for you, we don't have a contract."